Francis M. Nevins Jr.

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1975
  • Latest Book:
    November 2013
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Full Series List in Order

Loren Mensing

1 - Publish and Perish (1975)
2 - Corrupt And Ensnare (1978)
3 - Into the Same River Twice (Apr-1996)

Milo Turner Mystery

1 - The 120-Hour Clock (Nov-1986)
2 - The Ninety Million Dollar Mouse (Oct-1987)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Publish and Perish

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    Loren Mensing - 1

    Is he a legal eagle or a private eye? That's the question Loren Mensing of this taut drama must decide when he begins to probe a case that releases a Pandora's box of horrors.

    Loren drew up a will for bestselling novelist Graham Dillaway and his ...

  • The Dogsbody Case

    in Canine Crimes II

    Thirteen timeless classics of mystery -- all featuring unforgettable dog heroes -- are together for the very first time in Canine Crimes II. Culled from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, these often...

  • Corrupt And Ensnare

    • / Amateur Sleuth
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    Loren Mensing - 2

    When Justice Richmond, a highly respected judge dies, his widow is shocked to discover a shoe box in his closet -- containing almost $50,000 in small denomination bills. His widow and colleagues agree that lawyer-detective and former protege of the j...

  • Buffet for Unwelcome Guests

    Christianna Brand’s fiction features brisk prose, wry twists, plots that lure the reader into a false sense of having figured every contingency, and ironic turns that not only spice the narrative but supply its lifeblood. No one has read a Bran...

  • Exeunt Murderers

    Boucher, a Catholic writer with catholic interests and enthusiasms, wrote short mysteries delving into “religion, opera, football, politics, movies, true crime, record collecting, and an abundance of good food and wine along with clues and puzz...

  • Carnival of Crime

    In these 23 stories, Brown never rails to surprise and delight. Time after time the reader anticipates the ending only to discover that once more the author has proved too clever. Yet Brown never “cheats,” never feeds false clues, and his...

  • Darkness at Dawn

    From 1934 until his death in 1968, Cor­nell Woolrich wrote dozens of “tales of love and despair” that chill the heart and display his mastery of the genre he all but created. In a title for a story he never wrote, he captured the esse...

  • The 120-Hour Clock

    Milo Turner Mystery - 1

  • The Ninety Million Dollar Mouse

    Milo Turner Mystery - 2

    A gnome and a giant with aimed .357 Magnum interrupt Milo Turner during a lazy, rainy afternoon. They represent a huge electronics firm and wish Milo to investigate some handwriting samples that are the only means of proving or disproving a holograph...



  • The Leo's Den Affair

    in Dick Tracy: The Secret Files

    CRIMESTOPPERS' CASEBOOK: 1944 -- Everyone knew the beautiful Hollywood starlet's death was suicide. Everyone but a hack screen- writer -- and DICK TRACY... 1955 -- A new music called rock'n'roll is sweeping the country -- but someone wants one...

  • Into the Same River Twice

    Loren Mensing - 3

    Here is the latest bone-chilling mystery from the two-time Edgar Award winner.

    It is before dawn on a Sunday morning. Loren Mensing, visiting profession at New York University School of Law, is awakened by a phone call from a woman who had vanish...

  • Beneficiaries' Requiem

  • Night of Silken Snow and Other Stories

  • Leap Day and Other Stories

  • Tonight, Somewhere in New York

  • The Anthony Boucher Chronicles

    THE ANTHONY BOUCHER CHRONICLES was edited by Francis M. Nevins from all of the monthly and weekly reviews and commentary columns that Boucher published in the San Francisco Chronicle, 1942 - 1947. Over 400 pages, it includes an index to all of the hu...

  • Night Forms

    "Tricky, stark, brutal," says Publishers Weekly. "An accomplished short story writer." This mammoth, 160,000-word collection brings together for the first time the most important short mystery fiction of two-time Edgar winner Francis M. Nevins. The s...

  • Cornucopia of Crime: Memories and Summations

    What do Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich, Ellery Queen and Anthony Boucher have in common They're considered Titans by Francis M. Nevins in this collection of essays and articles about the world of crime literature as he's seen it for the past...

  • Ellery Queen: The Art of Detection

    Publishers Weekly: "Considering the wealth of professional and personal information, it's tempting to call this definitive." Francis M. Nevins, twice winner of the prestigious Edgar award for critical studies of Cornell Woolrich and Ellery Queen, del...



  • Publish and Perish/Corrupt and Ensnare

    In the mid 70s Francis M. Nevins, writer and literary savant, wrote two political thrillers featuring lawyer Loren Mensing. Dedicated to two of Nevins' personal heroes, Frederic Dannay and William Witney, they were timely mysteries involving copyrigh...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Francis M. Nevins Jr. has published 20 books.

Francis M. Nevins Jr. does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Publish and Perish/Corrupt and Ensnare, was published in November 2013.

The first book by Francis M. Nevins Jr., Publish and Perish, was published in January 1975.

Yes. Francis M. Nevins Jr. has 2 series.
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